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Old Schuylkill Tales

Old Schuylkill Tales

Ella Zerbey Elliott

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Penn State University Press
Año de edición:
2011
Materia
Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9780271048826
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A collection of folklore, stories, anecdotes, and reminiscences of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, from its earliest settlement in the eighteenth century to its foundation as a county and growth into a major hub of mining and industry.

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